A Demand Note is a type of United States paper money that was issued from August 1861 to April 1862 during the American Civil War in denominations of 5, 10, and 20 US$. Demand Notes were the first iss
US $5 DN 1861 Fr.1
A Treasury Note is a type of short-term debt instrument issued by the United States prior to the creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913. Without the alternatives offered by a federal paper mon
Demand Note
…the Civil War, the United States government did not issue paper money as it is known today. During wars and recessions it issued short term debt called Treasury Notes, but these were not legal tender. The Demand Notes were a transitional issue connecting these Treasury Notes to modern paper money. They were intended…
An unissued $10 Small Treasury Note, authorized by the Act of February 24, 1815. This particular note is a remainder which was given a serial number but was never countersigned.
An unissued and untrimmed remainder from a sheet of the first issue of Treasury Notes, authorized by the Act of June 30, 1812. The issued notes of this type were trimmed to size, signed in three places, dated, and endorsed as payable to the order of the purchaser or his/her assignee.
An issued, but cancelled, $100 Treasury Note from 1838, issued under the Act of October 12, 1837
A contemporary imitation of a United States Treasury Note from the Mexican–American War; no such note was actually issued